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<blockquote data-quote="T3mpest" data-source="post: 6105310" data-attributes="member: 560148"><p>Alright I was helping a buddy install an amp and we are having issues to say the least.&nbsp; I got it hooked up and powered on fine.&nbsp; However when I raise the volume knob even a bit the amp goes into thermal protection mode.&nbsp; At the volumes that it&#039;s not in protect no power seems to be going to the sub.&nbsp; Anyway right as we were getting ready to shut it off a spark came out the back of the amp near the speaker leads/pos/neg/etc.&nbsp; After that the amp shut itself off.&nbsp; We pulled the fuse out of the amp and it is indeed blown with a light scorch mark.&nbsp; Other than double checking the ground what else can cause this?&nbsp; It looks as though the inline fuse from the battery is intact.&nbsp; The amp was set to bridged mode.&nbsp; I hooked the negative and positive terminals that were indicated directly on the amp for bridged mode to one another and then used the other positive and negative terminals to hook the sub up.&nbsp; It&#039;s a 4ohm sub and the amp is stable at 4ohms bridged.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="T3mpest, post: 6105310, member: 560148"] Alright I was helping a buddy install an amp and we are having issues to say the least. I got it hooked up and powered on fine. However when I raise the volume knob even a bit the amp goes into thermal protection mode. At the volumes that it's not in protect no power seems to be going to the sub. Anyway right as we were getting ready to shut it off a spark came out the back of the amp near the speaker leads/pos/neg/etc. After that the amp shut itself off. We pulled the fuse out of the amp and it is indeed blown with a light scorch mark. Other than double checking the ground what else can cause this? It looks as though the inline fuse from the battery is intact. The amp was set to bridged mode. I hooked the negative and positive terminals that were indicated directly on the amp for bridged mode to one another and then used the other positive and negative terminals to hook the sub up. It's a 4ohm sub and the amp is stable at 4ohms bridged. [/QUOTE]

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